Members stopped to share a moment outside the display of pre-loved toys at the NFU鈥檚 Conference.
Featuring a range of new and old machinery, the display represents the importance of farming through the generations, and all that is at stake if the family farm tax goes ahead.
Members can be seen reading the messages attached to each toy, explaining how the Chancellor's proposed changes to inheritance tax will affect them.
鈥Our boys loved to play with this toy combine, hoping to drive the real one when they grew up鈥
Message to the Chancellor attached to donated toy
Future hangs in the balance
NFU President Tom Bradshaw delivered a thank you message, acknowledging the 鈥渋ncredible role鈥 members have played in the NFU鈥檚 pre-loved toy donation ask.
鈥淲e can鈥檛 ignore the symbolic donation of pre-loved farm toys being delivered to Rachel Reeves, or the huge collection on display donated by farmers from all over the UK which all represent a farm that could be lost, and the generation which could lose it.
鈥淓ach toy represents a child who, until this family farm tax was announced, planned a future as one of the nation鈥檚 food producers. That future now hangs in the balance.
鈥淥ur message is very clear. We will keep fighting this battle until the government starts to listen, considers our alternative proposals and ultimately takes action.鈥
Photograph: Pre-loved tractor toys greet NFU Conference delegates outside the QEII centre
鈥I have worked all my life caring for the same land that my father and grandfather worked before me. I want my son and grandsons to have that same bond with farming.鈥
Message to the Chancellor attached to donated toy
In a personal thank you message to members, Tom said: 鈥淭his effort has been about more than just collecting toys: it has been a statement. A statement that when the farming community stands together, we are impossible to ignore.
鈥淎 statement that we will not allow these damaging tax proposals to go unchallenged. A statement that the future of British farming matters, not just to us today but to the generations that follow.
"None of this would have been possible without you. The power of our community lies in our unity, and this campaign has proven once again that together, we are stronger.鈥
鈥'Honkey donkey鈥 is 50 he has been played with by generations of our family and others. Our farm has been in the family for over 100 years. This tax would be the end.鈥
Message to the Chancellor attached to donated toy
During his opening address at Conference, Tom relayed the power of this message to delegates, calling the donations 鈥渁 poignant reminder of the awful impact this policy will have鈥.
鈥These toys are very important to us, we鈥檝e played with them since we were small children 鈥 we were hoping that one day we鈥檇 be able to swap them for real ones.鈥
Message to the Chancellor attached to donated toy
Photograph: A message from Henry Albutt reads 鈥淚 was hoping to be a fifth generation farmer, but now looking doubtful!鈥
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